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No Classes Big t A lly UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR GREATER CAROUNA VOL LV, NO. 10 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 20, 1964 FOUNDED 1908 4. loward ianged In Effigy Editor The Gamecock Dear Miss Reardon: After taking the worst beating that a Clemson team has taken in fourteen years and turning in the first losing season since 1953. Frank Howard was hanged in ef figy twice Saturday. The enclosed picture is the first of the two, which took place at an over-pass on U. S. 123 approxi mately one and one-half miles from the Clemson campus. Edito-'s Note: This wcas receiven by The Gamecock. The Clensopi Universit, qt ident paper, contacten( by phone, re fused to either confirn or dcny the incidents. Senate Group Will Change Meeting Place In order to vinable students t attend sessions of the Studeni Senate, niemibers at the meeting Wednesday voted to change theii jeeting place from loom 205 t< the Assembly RooM in the IRussel H ouse. Also passed was the hill author, izing tle Joint Judicial Council "t try1 all persons guilty of usin student gover-nmen1.1t prloperty fol lersonal or caipatign purposes Student Hody President Chi; Cothran will appoint the mem hers of the Joint .Judicial Counci this week. The Student-Faculty Cafeteria Coinilittee reportei that (llestion. naircs will be sent to 1.200 stu dents regarding the school cafe teria. These students are asked t( answer- and return these question niriies which wvillI enable the corn miiittee to act morie efficietly it woriking w ith these matters. BEAT CiLMSON SaturdIay Holidayv Authorized By UJS( A Saturday holiday from classe's for the Carolina-Clem son game( was authorized by3 Dr. Trhomas I-. Jones, President of t h e University, Wednesday afternoon on the strength of a straw po0ll of faculty members. The faculty survey was made through department heads amid growing sentiment in favor of a full day off rather than a pell-mell rush to drive to the game Saturday during the late morning and early afternoon. A "significant majority" of those polled agreed that it would he best to declare a holiday. D)r. Jones said. lie added that most reported it was their experi ences that classes were sparsely attended if held under the cir cumstances. "Hiereafter it is anticipated that any such events as this will be arranged well ahead of time in the University calendar," Dr. Jones said. BEAT CiLMSON 'BE Al* Police BY SIG IIUITT News Editor Investigation by University po lice is underway following sev eral complaints of missing articles from graduate students' carrells and the director's office in Mc Kissick Memorial Library. Acknowledging that he had re ceived some complaints, Alfred H. Rawlinson, director of libraries, admitted that "someone has been in here (the library) when they shouldn't." He also said that the thievery Jones Str( For Meetil USC President Thomas F. Jones said Wednesday there is "a great, exploding need for continuing ed ucation" and Carolina "must plan, build and provide a suitable fa cility" to accommodate workshops and other meetings. President Jones, presiding at a secretaries' workshop of the State Agency of Vocational Rehabilita tion being held in the Wade Hampton Hotel, said: "We simply do not have a fa cility at the University at this time which could accommodate this meeting." le said the University puts "high value on our long-standing association with the State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation" and has looked forward to the fre quent workshops of the agency which have been held on the cam pus in the past. In virtually all fields of en deavor, Dr. Jones said, "it is im portant . . . to gain new perspec tive, to have some days in each year when we meet face-to-face with new thinking and have (p portunities to acquire-in capsule form - the knowledge we must have to do our jobs better." Dr. Jones said that although the growth of the student body and activity at the University has "in eftect squeezed out our mutual opportunity to have this meeting on the canpuE . . . I assure you we have no intention of leaving this challenge unmet." "We value our relationship with Rallies, Den Boost Pre( As a climax to impromptu pe r'allies held earlier this week, the traditional Clemson game march to the Round House rally was held Thursday afternoon at 41 p.m. Students gathered impulsively at various campus centers Tues d (ay and Wednesday nights to chant and cheer for a Gamecock victory over arch-rival Clemson University. The growing spirit culminated with yesterday's planned r'ally. After congregating on Davis Field, the throng of Gamecock Supporters paradled to the capitol building and back. Tonight's "shirt-tail parade," as it is customarily called, dlerives its name from the dangling shirts of the participants and the "All out to beat Clemson" slogan. The parade will be led by the cheerleaders, band, and fans carrying the tiger built by Maxcy Brotherhood. Upon returning, the tiger will be burned on a bonfire while cheers are led by the cheerleaders and the band follows with the vic tory song. T'he ringing of the Rutledge Chapel bell will begin Friday and continue until near game time Saturday. The bell will be rung by fraternity pledges. The Pep Club extends an invi tation to all alumni and loyal sup H E Inves is "something we've unfortunately been plagued with all along" and called the incidents un-news worthy because "they're just one of those things we're bothered with." "We do everything we possibly can to stop it, and we report each incident to the University police," added the director. M. C. Tavenner, official spokes man for the University police de partment, said that Chief Huston E. Robinson and his force are checking the complaints out as a "normal part of their duties." sses Need ag Facility this group, and we will do our utmost to return your meeting and others like it-to where it be longs, on the campus of the Uni versity of South Carolina." BEAT CLEMSON New System Not To Cause Grade Changes Director of Admissions Rollin E. Godfrey said Wednesday he does not expect the four-point grading system to cause a radical change in grades at the end of the semester. Godfrey dismissed student con cern over the professor being given discretion of assigning nu merical grades to each letter. He cited that such concern was un founded since student grades have always been subject to the instruc tor's decision. A student will be graded according to his instruc 1 tor's opinion of his work despite the system designated by the ad ministration department. The Director said that the Uni versity administration should not tell a qualified faculty how to as sign grades. lie added that the four-point system is not unique in its ap plication here but widely used. Godfrey advised students "to work harder and worry less." BEAT CLEMSON ionstrations Yame Spirit porters of the Gamecocks for this "shirt-tail parade" and pep BEAT CLEMSON PRESIDE NT TihOMAS F. J thani 25 South Carolina citics at host to the scholara who visited teni, is~ p)ictured on the right. LIL I tigate Secretary to th elibrary direc tor, Mrs. Lucia M. Gary, calling the situation a "real bad prob lem," reported that supplies had been stolen "unmercifully" from her office after 11 p.m. several times since she joined McKissick's staff in June. She said that besides missing supplies, the office typewriters and adding machine had been used during the night. An electric copying machine was made in operable for several days by someone's inserting either carbon paper, or a duplicating stencil in to the machine. A library employee, declaring "someone's got real sticky fin gers," urged an investigation "to the nth degree. Most of the complaints to li brary oificials and University police about pilfering of carrells has come from graduate students on the third floor of McKissick. The carrells, desks with book shelves, are provided to graduate students as a place to study and to leave materials. Due to the fact that few departments provide their graduate assistants with of fice space, the carrells must also serve as a place to correct papers and work on class records. The library's book stacks and third floor rooms where the car rells are located are areas off limits to anyone who does not have a stack permit. Gamecock staff members were, however, able to gain admittance to the carrells during library hours Tuesday night by walking through the doors off the main lobby without permission or pre senting identification. Preston Crews, a graduate as sistant in the history department, terming the situation "frustrat ing," reported that a jacket and a legal-size clipboard had been taken from his desk. Graduate student Judith Filkin had reported a winter coat and other personal items missing, but they have been returned. Among ,ther graduate students missing items, Thomas Kennedy had his class ring and a book be longing to the history department taken from his desk. While studying in a closed room one night, Kennedy was locked in the building when he failed to hear the elevator bell that is rung at closing time. He urged a "tightening of security" and among other things suggested that someone check the stacks and upper floors of the library build ing at closing time. Kennedy also said that keys have been given recently to grad uate students to insure their ad mittance to the room where their carrell is located. BEAT CLEMSON (Gamecock I)NES addressecd somte sixty Merit Se welcomin,g banquet last Thursday ev< hke campus to learn about universify IU T MeKi1s AFTER SLIPPING APPARENI dent "helps himself" to the books Committe( Future Of BY JIM GRAVES Copy Editor As a result of statements issued in a faculty meeting last May by Dr. Daniel W. Hollis, faculty chairman of the Honor Board, the attention of the Carolina student: body and faculty has been focused on the ineffectiveness of the Honor System and the necessity for a thorough study of the pro gram. 1 At this month's faculty meet ing, President Thomas F. Jones was requested to appoint a com mittee to study the Honor System Regional M Of Southern Five USC students attended the o third regional meeting of the < Southern S t u d e n t Organizing I Committee in Atlanta last week end. SSOC developed last April as a means of support, unity, and com munication between local groups, most of them on predominately white campuses. who are inter ested in the problems of civil rights, academic freedom, poverty, capital punishment, and racial equality in the South. It is a growing network of mod lie Da f tdnt,C H. Wi SF I Isick 1 (Ganecor 'LY UNNOTICED into the carrells of and supplies available. ,Appointe4 USC Hon tnd recommend a course of action -egarding its future on the cam >us. The special committee was iamed today, with representa .ives from the student body, fac lty, and administration of the Lniversity. Committee Members Student members of the com nittee are Johnny Hite, Sis Mul is. Ann Gray, and Mac Johnston.! 'rofessors are Daniel W. Hollis, rank B. Herty, Peyton Teague, -ric Thompson, and Edwin White ell. Administration representa ket Called Students rate to liberal local groups on ampuses from Texas to Virginia o Florida. These include Tennes ee's Students for Equal Treat nent, Georgia's Students for Hu nan Rights, New Orleans' Lib ral's Club and many others. In Columbia, the student branch f the S. C. Council on Humani telations is Intercollegiate Coun il which meets bi-weekly with tudents from Allan, Benedict,' ~olumbia College, the Lutheran emninary, and USC. This four 'ear-old organization has been ac ive in tutorial projects, voter ed cation, and sponsoring panel dis ussions in high schools and hurches. Intercollegiate works with SS )C in its goal of creating a more emocratic South. An initial proj et of SSOC is helping this Christ nias on the reconstruction of hurches bombed in Mississippi. 'hey also sponsor a "campus raveler" who visits southern col eges to explain and interest them n the' new program. BEAT CLEMSON scheduled Tuesday The annual Thanksgiving pro ~ram will be held Tuesday night n Rutledge chapel at 7:30 p.m., ponsored by YM-YWCA. Preceding this, Carolina Reli ious Council will sponsor a spa thetti supper from 5-7 p.m. at W'esley Foundation. Tickets are >eing sold today in downstairs tussell House, and may also be >urchased Tuesday night at the linner. The 75 cents price includes alad and French bread. BEAT CLEMSON O LE N hefts k Stafl Photo by Bill Canpbell) McKissick Library, this LSC stu. iTo Study >r System Lives are Dean of the University W. H. Patterson, named chairman Af the committee; Professor Ash !ey Halsey, Jr., Assistant to the President; Dean of Students C. H. Witten, and Dean Robert Figg of the Law School. In commenting on today's ac tion, President Jones said: "Be cause of the fundamental nature of the question involved, I regard the work of this committee as most important to the welfare ani the future of the University." Earlier this week, at a joint meeting of ODK and Alpha Order. Dr. Hollis discussed the history of the Honor System at Carolina and pointed to the chief obstacles to the success of the system. System's History The USC Professor of History noted that the Honor System has been in serious trouble since the 1920's and pointed to the mere Bix to ten cases a year brought to the Honor Board. Commented Dr. Hollis, "You mean to tell me that's all the cheating that goes In continuing a discussion of the history of the system, Dr. Hol lis pointed to the fact that when South Carolina College had only 200 students, the Honor System wais successful. In 1906, when the college be ame a university, there was, in orce, a formal Honor Code. From his time up until World War I ~he system saw its best years. However, with the trebling of nrollment in the years after the w'ar, the system again found it. telf plagued with problems which eventually led to revocation of the Konor Code in 1930. Present System Professor Hollis then talked to the students concerning the pres ent system at USC. The main idea yoming out of the discussion was the profound need for codifica Lion of an Honor Principle and support and dedication for the Rlonor Board. The discussion leader expressed the idea that faculty members are the cause for much of the prob.. em. He noted that many faculty members come from schools where there is no Honor System, while others believe in it explicitly. This division among faculty members tends to confuse the students. The group also discussed the problem of conflicting codes in volved in the Honor System: the Honor principle and the personal codes of students, which do -not allow turning in other students for offense,. BEAT CLEMSON SON